What is 'success' in this scenario though? If the Ukrainians succeed in the short-term, whose to say we won't be doing this over again in 8-10 years? It appears their country was on shaky ground anyway.Quote:
There are no guarantees that the Ukrainians can break through, but they have a chance to do so with what is in the pipeline right now. They deserve that chance. Whether it will succeed or not is anyone's guess. The alternative is that we just let the Russians consolidate their gains, and, at best, have a brief interregnum, only to do this all over again 8-10 years from now.
It just feels like a lose-lose scenario at this point. There's no closing pandora's box on this.
Once again, we're seeing the consequences now of bad decisions and poor leadership (Obama era meddling with Ukrainian leadership...Biden's weak leadership opening the door for Russia to act).
This is where we need moral, competent, leadership...but right now we're rudderless.